MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in SEFFNER, Florida, part of HILLSBOROUGH, hosting 740 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 23% larger than that benchmark.

Within HILLSBOROUGH, which oversees 300 schools and 221,318 students, MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 37% Black, 14% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.0%; this one comes in at 30.0%, -15.0 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

The closest other public school is ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 47.1%.

MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 3%, going from 759 students in 2018 to 740 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 22% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.